口くち止どめ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

口止めする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

gagging; silencing; hushing up

The act of forbidding someone from speaking about something, often used in contexts of suppressing information or preventing leaks.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 口止め料; money paid to keep someone quiet.

〈人ひと〉に口くち止どめをするto swear someone to secrecy; to tell someone not to talk
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんに事じ故このことを口くち止どめをした。
The company sworn its employees to secrecy about the accident.
口くち止どめを渡わたすto hand over hush money
目もく撃げき者しゃに口くち止どめを渡わたして黙だまらせた。
He handed the witness hush money to keep them quiet.
〈人ひと〉から口くち止どめされるto be told by someone to keep quiet about something
彼かれは上じょう司しから口くち止どめされていた。
He had been sworn to secrecy by his boss.

口くち封ふうじ sense 1
口封じ implies actively silencing someone, often through pressure or even violence, whereas 口止め is the more neutral act of asking or ordering someone to keep quiet.
口くち止どめ料りょう sense 2
口止め料 is the full, explicit term for hush money, while 口止め in this sense is simply its common abbreviation.
緘かん口こう令れい sense 1
箝口令 is a formal, often official gag order issued to a group, while 口止め is the general act of silencing one person or a leak.

口くち出だしN1
口出し means meddling or butting into someone else's business, unlike 口止め, which means silencing someone about something.

口くち止どめUsage92%
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口くちどめUsage8%
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Compound of 口 (mouth) and 止め (stopping). The meaning is transparent from its components.